Relationships
Relationships between characters, especially romantic ones, figure heavily into the plot of Detective Conan, more-so than the average shōnen manga. Many of the characters have some connection with a number of the other characters, sometimes in the past. Childhood sweethearts, childhood friends, and childhood connections are particularly common. Romance triangles and personalized conflict between mutual enemies are also frequently used plot devices. Fans often support certain character pairings whether or not there is canon evidence for mutual or one-sided attraction. For a list of existing articles about particular character relationships see Category:Relationships. Relationship info can also be found on individual character pages.
Contents
List of childhood sweethearts or friends
Childhood sweethearts
- Shinichi Kudo - Ran Mouri
- Heiji Hattori - Kazuha Toyama
- Kogoro Mouri - Eri Kisaki
- Kaito Kuroba - Aoko Nakamori
- Hiroshi Agasa - Fusae Campbell
- Ninzaburo Shiratori - Sumiko Kobayashi
- Kazunobu Chiba - Naeko Miike
- Kansuke Yamato - Yui Uehara
Childhood friends
- Yukiko Kudo - Eri Kisaki: friends and rivals
- Ran Mouri - Sonoko Suzuki: friends
- Shinichi Kudo - Heiji Hattori: rivals and friends
- Kansuke Yamato - Taka'aki Morofushi (Komei): rivals
List of married couples
- See also: Families
- Kogoro Mouri - Eri Kisaki: Married but separated
- Yusaku Kudo - Yukiko Kudo
- Heizo Hattori - Shizuka Hattori
- Shiro Suzuki - Tomoko Suzuki
- Juzo Megure - Midori Megure
- Atsushi Miyano - Elena Miyano
- Toichi Kuroba - Chikage Kuroba
- Ginzo Nakamori - unnamed wife
- Ginshiro Toyama - unnamed wife
List of non-married, non-childhood-sweetheart couples
List of romance triangles
- Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa - Ran Mouri - Shiho Miyano/Ai Haibara - Ayumi Yoshida - Masumi Sera: All four girls have feelings for Shinichi/Conan.
- Ayumi Yoshida - Conan Edogawa - Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya - Genta Kojima: Ayumi likes Conan, making Genta and Mitsuhiko jealous
- Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya - Ai Haibara - Ayumi Yoshida: Mitsuhiko is conflicted about who he likes
- Eisuke Hondou - Ran Mouri - Shinichi Kudo: Eisuke is in love with Ran and uses this to confirm that Conan is Shinichi
- Sonoko Suzuki - Makoto Kyogoku - Kaitou Kid: Sonoko vacillates about who she likes, and Makoto feels jealous about the respect Sonoko has for Kaitou Kid so much that he signed up to fight Kaitou Kid as the "strongest security system"
- Wataru Takagi - Miwako Sato - Ninzaburo Shiratori: Resolved with Ninzaburo Shiratori pairing with Sumiko Kobayashi
- Wataru Takagi - Miwako Sato - Jinpei Matsuda: Resolved with Miwako Sato moving on from Jinpei Matsuda's death and pairing with Takagi
- Akemi Miyano - Shuichi Akai - Jodie Starling: Akai broke up with Jodie after he genuinely developed feelings for Akemi, although Jodie still retains strong affections for Akai
- Heiji Hattori - Kazuha Toyama - Momiji Ooka: Heiji and Kazuha are mutual affectionate, but Momiji believes Hattori is her future husband
- Kaito Kuroba - Aoko Nakamori - Saguru Hakuba: Saguru found Aoko attractive and started a competition with Kaito over who would get to take her to a concert.
- Akako Koizumi - Kaito Kuroba - Aoko Nakamori: Akako is in love with Kaito and always tries to get his attention towards her
- Sherry/Shiho Miyano - Gin - Vermouth: unconfirmed, but the manga and official guides hint at it.[1]
- Tomoaki Araide - Ran Mouri - Shinichi Kudo: Mostly imagined, figures prominently into OVA 9
List of rivals or enemies
- Shinichi Kudo - Heiji Hattori: Mostly friends, but occasionally rivals
- Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa - Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid: Rivals
- Wataru Takagi - Ninzaburo Shiratori - former love triangle rivals over Miwako Sato
- Heiji Hattori - Saguru Hakuba: Rivals
- Jodie Starling - Vermouth: Enemies
- Shiho Miyano/Ai Haibara - Vermouth: Enemies
- Shiho Miyano - Gin: Enemies
- Shuichi Akai - Gin: Enemies
- Shuichi Akai - Bourbon: Enemies
- Yusaku Kudo - Toichi Kuroba/Kaitou Kid: Former rivals
- Ginzo Nakamori - Kaitou Kid: Enemies
- Aoko Nakamori - Kaitou Kid: Enemies
- Saguru Hakuba - Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid: Rivals
- Jirokichi Suzuki - Kaitou Kid: Enemies
- Kansuke Yamato - Taka'aki Morofushi (Komei): Rivals
- Aoko Nakamori - Akako Koizumi: One sided rivalry over love triangle with Kaito Kuroba
See also
- Category:Relationships - list of existing articles about particular character relationships
References
- ^ On page 239 of the official Conan Drill guidebook, there is a diagram of the relationships between various Black Organization members. Gin's feelings towards Shiho were listed as "abnormal attachment" (異常な執着) and her feelings for him were "hatred" (憎しみ). It also stated they may have had a love affair or relationship (恋愛関係?) and that perhaps Shiho and Vermouth were love rivals. (恋のライバル…?) Vermouth and Gin's love relationship arrow was labeled "sexual relations" (肉体関係) so if Gin was in a relationship with Shiho as well, Vermouth would have been love rivals with Shiho over Gin.